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  • Food From FarmsLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 3 (of 5)

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    Food From Farms

    Nancy Dickmann

    This book uses colorful photos and simple, leveled text to introduce children to the food produced from farms around the world. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Food-Discovering World Cultures SeriesLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 9 (of 10)

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    Food-Discovering World Cultures Series

    Our lifestyles often influence what and how we eat. This fascinating book examines how food is grown, prepared and appreciated by different cultures around the world. Children will be interested to learn why certain foods are more popular in certain parts of the world and why we eat the foods we do. This book will need to be returned.
  • Forestry: America At WorkLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 5 (of 6)

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    Forestry: America At Work

    Jane Drake, Ann Love, Pat Cupples

    Forestry examines all aspects of the industry, from the planting of new seedlings to the inner workings of a sawmill and a pulp and paper mill. This engaging picture book uses a combination of fact and fiction to introduce young children to the people, machines and environmental concerns involved in one of America's most important resource-based industries. This book will need to be returned.
  • Four Quarts Makes a GallonLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 4 (of 4)

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    Four Quarts Makes a Gallon

    Kathy Coatney

    For over 70 years, Farmer John has been a cow guy. Not much surprises him any more, except for the day quadruplet calves were born on his dairy. Text with photographs of Farmer John and his Four Quart Girls tell the story this special event. This book needs to be returned.  Note: this book is also titled Dairy, From Farm to the Table.
  • Fresh-Picked PoetryLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 6 (of 7)

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    Fresh-Picked Poetry – A Day at the Farmer’s Market

    Michelle Schaub

    This collection of poems takes young readers to a day at an urban farmers’ market. Who to see, what to eat, and how produce is grown—it’s all so exciting, fresh, and delicious. Readers are invited to peruse the stands and inspect vendors’ wares with poems like “Farmer Greg’s Free-Range Eggs,” “Summer Checklist,” and “Necessary Mess.” This book will need to be returned.
  • Vegetable GardenLogin to Hold

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    Vegetable Garden

    Douglas Florian

    Children are fascinated by watching plants grow, and in this colorful picture book even very young children can follow along with a family as they plant, tend, and harvest a vegetable garden. Follow along as the sun shines brightly, summer rain falls, and vegetables ripen! This book needs to be returned. 
  • From Seed to PlantLogin to Hold

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    From Seed to Plant

    Gal Gibbons

    Do you know how a seed begins? What pollination is? How flowers, fruits, and vegetables get to be the way they are? The mystery of how seeds are formed and grow into plants is revealed for young readers in this informative book. This book needs to be returned. 
  • From Seed to Pumpkin- Welcome BookLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 2 (of 4)

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    From Seed to Pumpkin- Welcome Book

    Allan Fowler

    Emerging readers will enjoy the simple text that describes how a seed grows into a pumpkin. Large print, colorful pictures and bolded vocabulary words make this book easy for students to read and understand. This book will need to be returned.
  • Wool SamplesLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 5 (of 20)

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    Wool Samples

    Samples of wool including raw wool, scoured wool, roving, and spun yarn. This item does not need to be returned.
  • Where Do Chicks Come From?Login to Hold

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    Where Do Chicks Come From?

    Have you ever seen a hen sitting on a nest of eggs? Have you wondered why she is sitting there? That hen is keeping her eggs warm until they are ready to hatch -- into chicks! But before a hen can lay her eggs, many things have to happen. In this simple introduction to the development of a fertilized egg into a chick, young readers are given a glimpse into the secret workings of the egg -- and the growing chick inside. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Fruits on MyPlateLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 8 (of 8)

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    Fruits on MyPlate

    Mari C. Schuh

    Fruit is sweet, juicy, and healthful. Learn about how MyPlate helps you make great food choices every day, including fruit! This book will need to be returned.
  • Full of BeansLogin to Hold

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    Full of Beans, Henry Ford Grows a Car

    Peggy Thomas

    With a mind for ingenuity, Henry Ford looked to improve life for others. After the Great Depression struck, Ford especially wanted to support ailing farmers. For two years, Ford and his team researched ways to use farmers' crops in his Ford Motor Company. They discovered that the soybean was the perfect answer. Soon, Ford's cars contained many soybean plastic parts, and Ford incorporated soybeans into every part of his life. He ate soybeans, he wore clothes made of soybean fabric, and he wanted to drive soybeans, too. Award-winning author Peggy Thomas and illustrator Edwin Fotheringham explore this American icon's little-known quest. This book needs to be returned. 
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    Total Available: 36 (of 1000)

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    Garden in a Glove Kit

    Students will get to watch 5 different types of seeds germinate and sprout in their very own Garden in a Glove! This kit contains gloves, 5 different seeds and cotton balls required for the Garden in a Glove lesson plan. This kit does not need to be returned.  This Kit Includes: Gloves, Cotton Balls, Seeds, and a Paper Lesson Plan Please put the number of students in your class in the quantity section at checkout to ensure the correct number of supplies gets to you.
  • Gardening for GradesLogin to Hold

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    Gardening for Grades

    Florida Agriculture in the Classroom

    This book contains an assortment of hands-on activities that revolve around gardening and gets them excited about growing their own food. This book needs to be returned. 
  • Garden to TableLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 4 (of 4)

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    Garden to Table

    Katherine Hengel

    Fill your plate with fresh, self-sustained produce that comes straight from the garden at your home or school. Do you know when to plant, beans, corn, or vegetables...this book will tell you!! This book needs to be returned. 
  • Wheat HeadsLogin to Hold

    Total Available: 8 (of 200)

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    Wheat Heads

    Set of ten soft white wheat heads showcasing Oregon grown wheat. This item does not need to be returned, so feel free to dig in and really discover it. Pairs well with wheat grinders and other grain resources.